“Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.” ~ Shoseki ~

Over 30% of Australian households are connected to the Internet. (Source: ABS November 2000)

Over 75% of Australian businesses are connected to the Internet. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index Small and Medium Enterprises, Special Report e-commerce and computer technology, July 2001)

Over 30% of Australian businesses have a web site and a further 18% anticipate creating one over the next 12 months. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index Small and Medium Enterprises, Special Report e-commerce and computer technology, July 2001)

Over 90% of Australian businesses with more than 20 employees are connected to the Internet. (Source: ABS March 2002)

Members of the BRW’s Fast 100 identify the Internet as changing the way they do business - making it easier to communicate with suppliers and customers overseas and find new staff. (Source: BRW, 7-13 November 2002)

Australian firms using eBusiness are saving between one and five percent of ongoing costs, while 10% of these companies are saving 15% or more. (Source: Allen Consulting Group, Built For Business, Australia’s Internet Economy, June 2001)

Online revenue of Australian companies in 2001-2002 contributed $43 billion, or the equivalent of 6.4% of Gross Domestic Product, to the Australian economy. This represents a 43% increase over the previous financial year. (Source: Cisco Systems, Built for Business II, October 2002)

Australian B2B eCommerce transactions were worth some $6.2 billion in 2001, equivalent to almost 2% of gross domestic product (GDP). B2B transactions are forecast to rise to $87 billion by 2006. (Source: International Data Corporation March 2002 report ‘Australia B2B eCommerce Forecast, 2001-2006’)

Australian small business use of placing orders for products and services online (online procurement) increased from 26% in 2001 to 41% in 2002. Usage in the medium business sector rose from 49% to 61%. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index July 2002)

The percentage of small businesses taking orders online has increased from 19% to 29% during 2002. Medium businesses also recorded a rise from 35% to 47%. When it comes to taking orders online, B2B transactions accounted for 64% of all transactions. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index July 2002)

The percentage of small businesses that paid for products and service over the Internet almost doubled during the year – from 23% to 40%. Medium businesses also recorded a rise in this rate from 39 to 55%. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index July 2002)

Small business use of receiving payments online over the past year, increased from 13 to 26% and for medium businesses this increased from 29 to 50%. B2B transactions accounted for 75% of all transactions received online. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index July 2002)

The number of registered online banking users in Australia almost doubled in the past year to reach 5.23 million at the end of March 2002, up from 2.77 million in 2001. The total number of online transactions for the quarter ending March 2002 was 64.3 million, up 7% on Quarter 1 of 2001. (Source: NUA Internet Surveys, 10 July 2002)

The rate at which small businesses in Australia are getting online has also risen from 75% to 79% compared to last year. The number of respondents who believed that the Internet had made their business more effective rose from 51% in 2001 to 60% in 2002. (Source: NUA Internet Surveys, 31 July 2002)

Australian businesses report that the use of the Internet has generated cost savings with average savings equal to 2% of their total cost base. (Source: Cisco Systems, Built for Business II, October 2002)

56% cent of Australian SMEs have already recovered their financial investment in online business. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index, July 2002)

The proportion of Australian SMEs that believe ecommerce fulfils their expectations has risen by 18% to 68% compared to a year ago. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index, July 2002)

According to a report commissioned by Cisco Systems of 634 large, medium and small businesses in Australia, businesses earn about 6.4% of their revenue online which accounts for about $43 billion. 16% growth is predicted over the next three years. (Source: e-commerce today, 25 October 2002)

25% of Australian SMEs currently online say the reason for connecting to the Internet is due to Government requirements via electronic exchanges. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index, July 2002)

23% of Australian SMEs who are online use the Internet to supply to Government through electronic exchanges; another 9% of SMEs expect to use the Internet for this reason. (Source: Yellow Pages Business Index, July 2002)

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